My very own daughter insists that it's pronounced as "pah-TEE-na." But all my life I've accented the first syllable. Others seem to agree with my daughter. What is the consensus among word lovers?
What is the consensus among word lovers?
Congratulations, you're both "proper". The pronunciation of patina has been changing over the years.
I'm an old geezer and I've always pronounced it pah-TEE-na.
Sure. It's PA-tee-na on odd days and pa-TEE-na on even days.
I'm an old geezer and I've always pronounced it pah-TEE-na.
I am another, and I've never heard it
other than pahTEEna.
I'm an old geezer and I've always pronounced it pah-TEE-na.
On the other hand, I am contemporaneous with Faldo and have always heard it - and pronounced it - PA-tin-a.
May be a Brit-USn thang.
good thought, Ruby
Pronunciation: Brit. /ˈpatehnə/ , U.S. /pəˈteenə/
[OED online] (with substitutes for IPA i)
Patina is PA-tee-na in Italy and Spain, in Holland and in Germany, but the French (:~)) have it their own way with pa-TI-ne. So this may have been of influence to the American way of pronunciation. Considering French immigrants in older days. ?
Pa-TEE-na sounds like a girl's name to me.
I've asked several folks here in the heartland, and it's
pa-TEE-nah.
Well, of course, salud to the heartland and salut to pretty Patina.